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“I can separate the chair sensor, but the timer circuit runs inside the locker.”

“The key?”

“May open the control panel.”

I remove the brass key from the pouch.

Moreno rises carefully.

He scans the lock.

“No visible trigger.”

“That doesn’t mean there isn’t one,” Kane says.

“No.”

“One minute forty seconds,” Taylor warns.

Moreno holds out his hand.

I give him the key.

He inserts it into the lock but doesn’t turn it.

Sally’s breathing becomes faster.

“What combination did you use?” I ask.

“Six, fourteen, seventeen.”

“What does it mean?”

“The dates Marisol and Sage escaped.”

“Sage escaped two years ago,” I say.

“I changed the combination after she reached Frank.”

Moreno looks at the keypad.

“It needs six digits.”

“Zero-six, one-four, one-seven.”

He enters the numbers.

A green light appears.

“Fifty-nine seconds,” Taylor says.

Moreno turns the key.

The front of the locker releases with a click.

Nothing explodes.

Inside is a second metal panel.